Paul Bradshaw on his Online Journalism Blog has picked up on a revealing aspect of an new initiative by the UK’s three leading journalism training bodies, labeling the plan as the Shovelware Alliance. The National Council for the Training of Journalists, the Broadcasting Journalism Training Council and the Periodicals Training Council have announced they will be working together on a joint Journalism Training Council. The aim is to “set an

As a journalist turned academic, I often received e-mails from publishers with book suggestions. The other day one dropped into my inbox for a textbook called Principles of Convergent Journalism from Oxford University Press. At first glance, it sounds like an ideal text for teaching students to work across media. That is, until it talks about “repurposing both print and broadcast content for the internet”. There are two chapters devoted